Byaduk

Byaduk
Victoria
Byaduk; Victoria
	Tumuli – lava blisters
	Byaduk
Coordinates	37°57′S 141°58′E / 37.950°S 141.967°E
Population	129 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)	3301
Location	308 km (191 mi) W of Melbourne ; 28 km (17 mi) S of Hamilton ;
LGA(s)	Shire of Southern Grampians
State electorate(s)	Lowan
Federal division(s)	Wannon

Byaduk is a township in the Shire of Southern Grampians in the Western District of Victoria, Australia. European settlement began around 1853 by Wendish or Sorbian Lutheran immigrants who gave it the name Neukirch after the town in Saxony.^[2]

The township was settled in the early 1860s, and named Byaduk, an aboriginal word apparently meaning "stone tomahawk". The Post Office opened on 1 August 1863.^[3]

Tourism[edit]

The Byaduk Caves, lava tubes from the volcanic eruption of Mount Napier, are nearby. You can also see extensive views of the lava flow at Harmans Valley and the tumuli lava blisters off Old Crushers Road.

Famous residents[edit]

Sergeant Simon Fraser, 57th Battalion, (a farmer from Byaduk) is honoured by a 1998 sculpture by Peter Corlett in the Australian Memorial Park in Fromelles, France^[4] and a 2008 replica at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne^[5] depicting him rescuing a wounded compatriot from no man's land after the Battle of Fromelles in 1916.

References[edit]

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Byaduk (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Andy Falkenberg, Byaduk, archived from the original on 6 August 2009, retrieved 23 May 2008
^ Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 February 2021
^ Department of Veteran's Affairs and Board of Studies NSW – Fromelles Archived 11 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ McMullin, Ross (16 July 2007). "After 92 years, cobbers stand tall at the Shrine". The Age. Retrieved 17 July 2007.

External links[edit]

Media related to Byaduk at Wikimedia Commons
Video of VC Corner and Australian Memorial Park, Fromelles. Jason Fielding

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[1] Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Byaduk (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[b-2] Andy Falkenberg, Byaduk, archived from the original on 6 August 2009, retrieved 23 May 2008

[a-3] Phoenix Auctions History, Post Office List, retrieved 11 February 2021

[4] Department of Veteran's Affairs and Board of Studies NSW – Fromelles Archived 11 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine

[5] McMullin, Ross (16 July 2007). "After 92 years, cobbers stand tall at the Shrine". The Age. Retrieved 17 July 2007.

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v t e Localities in the Shire of Southern Grampians
City	Hamilton
Town	Balmoral Branxholme^ Caramut^ Cavendish Coleraine Dunkeld^ Glenthompson^ Penshurst^ Tarrington
Locality	Bellfield Bochara Brit Brit Buckley Swamp Bulart Byaduk^ Byaduk North Carapook^ Cherrypool^ Clover Flat^ Coojar Croxton East Culla Englefield Gatum Gazette^ Glenisla^ Grampians Gringegalgona Gritjurk Harrow^ Hensley Park Hilgay Karabeal Konongwootong Melville Forest Mirranatwa Mooralla Morgiana Mount Napier Moutajup Muntham^ Nareeb^ Nareen^ Pigeon Ponds Purdeet^ Rocklands Strathkellar Tabor Tahara^ Tarrayoukyan^ Tarrenlea Vasey Victoria Point Victoria Valley Wando Vale^ Wannon Warrayure Woodhouse Wootong Vale Yatchaw Yulecart
^ - Territory divided with another LGA